Comparison

PictiaX® Against Ai SketchBot

Ai SketchBot has been doing this for years and is the best known name in the sector. The difference with PictiaX® isn't quality, it's price and licence: one is paid once, the other renews every year.

Credit Where It's Due

Ai SketchBot were the first to take this to the big events and they have a track record we don't have yet. They offer 8 paper sizes, more than 30 styles, themes you write with a prompt and a mode that works offline. If you want an activation with staff included, they offer that too.

What Each One Buys You

	PictiaX®	Ai SketchBot
How you get it	You buy it and it's yours	Purchase, hire or a staffed event
Price	€2,490 including tax, with 500 portraits	$4,500 ($3,450 in their September promotion), +$1,000 per extra robot
Software licence	Paid once, never expires	$599 a year from year two
Cloud AI	PICTICOINS from €0.10 per portrait, published price	Dream Studio credits, no published price
Time per portrait	About 60 seconds	Between 40 and 65 seconds
Styles	9 in the catalogue, plus any you write yourself	More than 30, plus prompt themes

Less money up front, and no fee afterwards

Their system costs $4,500, or $3,450 with the September promotion, and from year two it's $599 for support and updates, which they warn may be needed to stay compatible. Ours is €2,490 including tax, with 500 portraits and no renewal.

What you buy doesn't expire

With Ai SketchBot the licence renews every year from year two. With PictiaX® the software is paid once and stays yours even if you never pay anything else for it.

You both pay for the AI. We tell you how much

Cloud AI costs money in any system. Ai SketchBot charges it through Dream Studio credits and doesn't publish the price. We do: one PICTICOIN per portrait, from €0.10.

Where these figures come from

Price, extra robots, renewal and times: sketchbot.com/purchase-b2375 ("Software & SketchBots Purchase $4,500", September promotion at $3,450, "+$1,000" per robot, "$599/year after the first year").
Licence: sketchbot.com/faq ("After the first year, your license will require renewal"). AI credits: sketchbot.com/release-notes, version 6.74 ("Dream Studio Credits").
Formats, styles and times: sketchbot.com home page.
Checked on 24 September 2026.
If a figure has changed or you think it isn't right, write to us at hello@pictiax.com and we'll correct it.

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